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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034 M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION PHILOSOPHY FIRST SEMESTER APRIL 2017
16PPL1MC01 CLASSICAL SYSTEMS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
Date: 28-03-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
09:00-12:00 PART-A Answer all the questions (6x6 36)
1. What constitutes the
2. Spell out the first five practices of
3. Define savikalpapratyakṣa of the Nyāya
4. Explainviśeṣa according to the
5. What is arthāpatti according to the
6. How do the Jaina philosophers explainsyādvāda?
PART-B Answer the following (4x16
7. Explain how the evolution of prakṛti results in 23 evolutes. [08 marks]
How does the conclude that the existence of the self is self-evident? [08 marks] OR
Bring out the psycho-spiritual significance of the [16 marks]
8. Explain the substance theory of the [08 marks]
Define the navadravyas of the [08 marks] OR
Enumerate the sixteen categories of the Nyāya. [16 marks]
9. Elaborate the saptapadārthas of the [16 marks] OR
Describe in detail the four of the Nyāya. [16 marks]
10. Explain elaborately the dualism of the Jaina metaphysics. [16 marks] OR Explain the sapta-bhaṅginaya theory of the Jaina epistemology. [16 marks]